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udall: ok. i know that you have been through this a lot, but the srs moneys are very important for education, for law enforcement, for those kinds of needs, and so we just need to make sure that they know that they are going to be getting them. as i stated in my remarks, i am very focused on ensuring that beyond itsp lasts current two-year authorization for fiscal year 20 and fiscal year 2021. but to do that, we need the forest service to be extra judicious in spending fire dollars. we need your help to ensure that this funding is spent well so that we can retain the authority. chief, will you commit to us that you will keep a watchful eye on spending and will give your budget director and fire director the tools they need to track and manage these expenditures so that every dollar is a dollar while spent? chief christiansen: absolutely, senator. fire systemldland improvement plan that i get briefed on regularly. as we know, congress has put faith in us as the forest service that we will be a go
udall: ok. i know that you have been through this a lot, but the srs moneys are very important for education, for law enforcement, for those kinds of needs, and so we just need to make sure that they know that they are going to be getting them. as i stated in my remarks, i am very focused on ensuring that beyond itsp lasts current two-year authorization for fiscal year 20 and fiscal year 2021. but to do that, we need the forest service to be extra judicious in spending fire dollars. we need...
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udall: mr. wheeler before we get into the budget i want to start with some housekeeping. this subcommittee requires our agencies to submit reprogrammings and reorganizations for approval. sometimes that process can take time depending on the scope of the proposal. and on time it takes the agency to respond to our requests for information. we require that our agencies wait to implement any reprogrammings or reorganizations until the subcommittee is completed our evaluations. can you commit in this fairly simple yes or no that you and your staff will continue to follow these long-standing requirements? >> mr. wheeler: yes, i believe we have. we are working on a reasonable reorganization with you where we first briefed your staff last september. >> mr. udall: and can you continue to responding to requests from the minority. >> mr. wheeler: yes we responded to all your requests and will continue to do so. >> mr. udall: it funding cuts all funding for the geographic programs. these are made differenc
udall: mr. wheeler before we get into the budget i want to start with some housekeeping. this subcommittee requires our agencies to submit reprogrammings and reorganizations for approval. sometimes that process can take time depending on the scope of the proposal. and on time it takes the agency to respond to our requests for information. we require that our agencies wait to implement any reprogrammings or reorganizations until the subcommittee is completed our evaluations. can you commit in...
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host: what impact did working for senator udall have on you? ms. torres small: i got to come back -- i went away for college and chose to come back home. to come back and work with as a field representative was a great way to get to know the community, to learn from a different perspective. one thing i appreciated about senator udall, he told me i needed to reach out to everyone. i didn't just need to check in with people who voted for him or check in with democrat. he said go into every community and find the people who are already doing the work and find ways to support them. and that's a great model for how to best serve constituents. host: when did you decide that you, yourself would want to run for office? ms. torres small: it was not something i was planning. when this position became open i was excited about what that could mean. growing up here i know how important it is to have people fighting to make it a place that you don't have to choose between the home you love and your best opportunities. so i was looking for someone to be that repr
host: what impact did working for senator udall have on you? ms. torres small: i got to come back -- i went away for college and chose to come back home. to come back and work with as a field representative was a great way to get to know the community, to learn from a different perspective. one thing i appreciated about senator udall, he told me i needed to reach out to everyone. i didn't just need to check in with people who voted for him or check in with democrat. he said go into every...
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chairman, senator udall, senator hyde-smith. i welcome the opportunity to be here today to give you an update on the library's modernization, and especially the information technology and work with the copyright office. and want to thank the committee for its ongoing support of the library in general, and with the library's i.t. modernization. three years ago in this very room during my confirmation hearing we discussed the many challenges and opportunities presented by the library's technology, and i am excited to be able to tell you today that we have significantly improved the library's information technology. the library is a different organization from what it was just a short time ago, and over the last two years, we have stabilized our core i.t. structure. we have streamlined and strengthened our i.t. governance, and we have centralized and professionalized our i.t. workforce. and that hard work has allowed us to close and implement nearly 95% of the gao recommendations made in 2015, and we will keep working until we clos
chairman, senator udall, senator hyde-smith. i welcome the opportunity to be here today to give you an update on the library's modernization, and especially the information technology and work with the copyright office. and want to thank the committee for its ongoing support of the library in general, and with the library's i.t. modernization. three years ago in this very room during my confirmation hearing we discussed the many challenges and opportunities presented by the library's...
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udall: dr. hayden, i understand that expanding access to make the library; unique selection's unique available to all users is a part of the strategic plan. the american project of the american folk life center is of interest. inoffice discovered that mexico there were a low number of stories considering the high percentage of active duty and veterans in our state. this, i say gold from my staff to collect at least 50 stories from new mexico veterans including one from every 33 county. 2019, i am proud to say that my office as collected over 80 interviews. it was an eye-opening experience. onm especially focused enlisting the help of other community partners around my state to continue collecting interviews and other materials from hispanic veterans and for pueblos, apache tribes, and the navajo nation. can you update the committee on how this fits into the library? dr. hayden: i am pleased you asked that question because i just returned from rhode island with senator reid, and senator wyoming c
udall: dr. hayden, i understand that expanding access to make the library; unique selection's unique available to all users is a part of the strategic plan. the american project of the american folk life center is of interest. inoffice discovered that mexico there were a low number of stories considering the high percentage of active duty and veterans in our state. this, i say gold from my staff to collect at least 50 stories from new mexico veterans including one from every 33 county. 2019, i...
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secretary. >> thank you, senator udall. secretary, i think there have been 12 billed filed in the congress for -- bills filed in the congress looking at the potential for different museums or emphasis in museums. today you mentioned asian-americans, asian-pacific americans. latinos, latino-americans and women's museum, all that's been part of this discussion. assuming those would happen, are they enreasonable to think out of them would happen or any of them would be in place within a decade? maybe we learn enough from at the 11-year evident with we got started we'd be ten done years from new hampshire that's too long to wait to tell all the story as effectively as we can. are you giving consideration to more prominence of those stories in the existing facilities, which of cures would mean telling less of other stories in the museum. what would the plan be on all areas form the coming decade, no matter what we decide to do in terms of a facility for one or more of those other important components of who we are? >> my career
secretary. >> thank you, senator udall. secretary, i think there have been 12 billed filed in the congress for -- bills filed in the congress looking at the potential for different museums or emphasis in museums. today you mentioned asian-americans, asian-pacific americans. latinos, latino-americans and women's museum, all that's been part of this discussion. assuming those would happen, are they enreasonable to think out of them would happen or any of them would be in place within a...
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secretary. >> thank you senator udall. i think there have been 12 bills filed in this congress for looking at the potential for different museums or emphasis in museums. today you mentioned asian americans, asian-pacific americans, latinos, latino americans and women's museum all part of this discussion. what would our plan be on all those areas for the coming decade no matter what we decide to do in terms of a facility for one or more of those other important components of who we are? >> my career has been about expanding the canon. making sure that we understand the rich diversity of america, not to explore just the particular community but help us understand who we are as americans. i'm bringing that commitment to the rest of the smithsonian. it's my expectation we will build on the work of the asian american pacific center that's really doing important work helping us find new collections and new stories. i'm thinking about how as we create the virtual smithsonian these issues should be at the hearts of people will be
secretary. >> thank you senator udall. i think there have been 12 bills filed in this congress for looking at the potential for different museums or emphasis in museums. today you mentioned asian americans, asian-pacific americans, latinos, latino americans and women's museum all part of this discussion. what would our plan be on all those areas for the coming decade no matter what we decide to do in terms of a facility for one or more of those other important components of who we are?...
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impact did working for senator udall have on you? >> i did get come back to my home. to get to come back and work as a field representative was a great way to get to know my community. to learn all of our challenges one a different perspective of the things i appreciated his he told me i needed to reach out to everyone. he said you are going into every community and find the people who are already doing the work and find ways to support them. that's a great model for how to best serve constituents. >> when did you decide yourself would want to someday run for office? >> it was not something i was planning. when this position became open i was excited about what that could mean. i know how important it is to have people who are fighting to make it a place, but you don't have to choose between the home you love and your best opportunity. i was looking for someone to be that representative. i was thinking about the people. and there was a girl that when i was writing that list i realized maybe it was my job, maybe i had to step up and do this work. i was writing a list.
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chairman. >> thank you, senator udall. i think the library and mentioned that 95% of the 2015 gao recommendations have been fulfilled. what are the business units 5% largely congregated at? .. >> so how would that be followed up as it relates to the oci oh? >> are you not getting the peru should or the funding that you need? >> we are getting the funding we need to closeout these particular findings. we are in constant communication with the gao to provide evidence on those remaining six findings. i have no concerns about being able to meet that by the end of this fiscal year's why am confident. >> so then are there specific units that are more challenges than others we don't have any made remaining to closeout there were those specifically related to the copyright office but those are a closed. all remaining are in the purview of the t 14 will be closed by the end of the calendar year. >> is there anything you are trying to get done in this calendar year that is a concern for you ?-question-mark as alluded to we were plea
chairman. >> thank you, senator udall. i think the library and mentioned that 95% of the 2015 gao recommendations have been fulfilled. what are the business units 5% largely congregated at? .. >> so how would that be followed up as it relates to the oci oh? >> are you not getting the peru should or the funding that you need? >> we are getting the funding we need to closeout these particular findings. we are in constant communication with the gao to provide evidence on...
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senator udall. >> thank you mister chairman. as part of the ongoing it management and modernization plan, i know where the library on a new digital strategy by transitioning to a new tier 3 level data center. this investment is key to helping the library what technology to expedite and expand digital access to the vast collection of books and medium. i you testified before this committee used in the library was in the process of migrating applications to the new data facility. your testimony today provides an update that you are moving forward to fully transition operations by the end of the fiscal year 2022 support the library digital needs. could you expand upon your testimony and assessed the progress of this move including progress on migrating data to cloud services ? >> as we mentioned before, we are looking at and making sure that we have a variety of storage capacity and that includes cloud and also physical storage capacity as well cause of the nature of the materials that we are storing. some need to be on time and mis
senator udall. >> thank you mister chairman. as part of the ongoing it management and modernization plan, i know where the library on a new digital strategy by transitioning to a new tier 3 level data center. this investment is key to helping the library what technology to expedite and expand digital access to the vast collection of books and medium. i you testified before this committee used in the library was in the process of migrating applications to the new data facility. your...
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michelle udall compared pornography to the tobacco industry, saying it is used pervasively, even by minors. the bill passed its first hurdle on its path to a full vote. utah was the first state in the country to declare pornography a public health crisis back in 2016. similar measures have been passed in 11 states. . the indiana state department of health reports that anyone who may have been exposed to rabies and should see a health care provider about getting a vaccination. officials say the bat's rabies status is unknown but so far no reports of anyone having direct contact with the animal. >>> a 15-year-old girl is literally raising the bar and smashing records at the same time. watch her, florida high school freshman michaela reeves bench pressing 360 pounds at the state championship over the weekend. yeah, 360. the florida high school athlete association says that reeves broke the state's previous record by 55 pounds and set a
michelle udall compared pornography to the tobacco industry, saying it is used pervasively, even by minors. the bill passed its first hurdle on its path to a full vote. utah was the first state in the country to declare pornography a public health crisis back in 2016. similar measures have been passed in 11 states. . the indiana state department of health reports that anyone who may have been exposed to rabies and should see a health care provider about getting a vaccination. officials say the...
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generated a lot of reaction in congress from border state senator, tom udall, of new mexico tweething this a short while ago. i'm leading legislation with his fellow senator to block the president from using an emergency declaration to raid billions in critical taxpayer funds for his wasteful border wall. congress must assert its role as a co-equal branch of government and pass this legislation. just a quick note on that, it was in 2005 that then new mexico governor bill richardson declared a state of emergency in the state of new mexico and provided some additional $750,000 in state emergency funds due to what they saw as an emergency on the border in new mexico in 2005. get to calls and go to florence, mississippi first. on our republican line. good morning to rita. caller: yes. hi. my opinion is that president trump is finally doing the right thing. we need this wall.
generated a lot of reaction in congress from border state senator, tom udall, of new mexico tweething this a short while ago. i'm leading legislation with his fellow senator to block the president from using an emergency declaration to raid billions in critical taxpayer funds for his wasteful border wall. congress must assert its role as a co-equal branch of government and pass this legislation. just a quick note on that, it was in 2005 that then new mexico governor bill richardson declared a...
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and finally rand paul and tom udall, also bipartisan, have a bill to phase out the war in afghanistan and repeal the 2001 authorization. congress has finally woken up to this problem that i've been shouting about for years, which is presidents like to just do whatever they want without congress. congress has to take more making powers back as the framers as the constitution contemplated. >> it's in the constitution, there's no question they have forfeited their spons responsibility when it comes to this again and again. notably you are not calling for an end to the 2001 measure. i want foam listen people to li
and finally rand paul and tom udall, also bipartisan, have a bill to phase out the war in afghanistan and repeal the 2001 authorization. congress has finally woken up to this problem that i've been shouting about for years, which is presidents like to just do whatever they want without congress. congress has to take more making powers back as the framers as the constitution contemplated. >> it's in the constitution, there's no question they have forfeited their spons responsibility when...
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michelle udall compared pornography to the tobacco industry,ing i is useder the bill passed its first hurdle on its path to a full declare pa public health crisis in 2016. similar measures have been passed in levitates. >>> shocking images out of glendale, arizona, show police officers tasing a man nearly a dozen times. after spending months in jail, the father of two is suing the cops, accusing them of torture. a warning, the following video may be difficult to watch. the footage gives a dramatic picture of the amount of force the officers used. a short while into the tape the man collapses into the fetal position from the first couple of times police use the taser on him. by the end of the ordeal, the guy from arizona here, he'd been tased a total of 11 times according to his lawsuit. his wife, a friend, and two young children were inside that vehicle and saw the entire thing, which happened following a routine traffic stop in july
michelle udall compared pornography to the tobacco industry,ing i is useder the bill passed its first hurdle on its path to a full declare pa public health crisis in 2016. similar measures have been passed in levitates. >>> shocking images out of glendale, arizona, show police officers tasing a man nearly a dozen times. after spending months in jail, the father of two is suing the cops, accusing them of torture. a warning, the following video may be difficult to watch. the footage...
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says his measure with new mexico democrat tom udall would specifically prohibit president trump from using military action against iran without approval from congress tensions are the highest they have been. >>in many years and the risk of a costly. miscalculation grows day by day but the republican controlled senate rejected the measure majority leader mitch mcconnell says because tensions are rising with iran the us should be able to respond at a moment's notice. >>this terrible idea in a moment. let alone has around is escalating of violence and searching for any sign of american weakness earlier this week president trump slapped new sanctions on iran in retaliation for shooting down a us drone the president originally considered a military strike but called it off minutes before it was scheduled to launch i think place work out of it that's great and if it doesn't. >>of a house democrats say they plan to introduce a similar measure in the house when congress returns next month in washington, i'm anna
says his measure with new mexico democrat tom udall would specifically prohibit president trump from using military action against iran without approval from congress tensions are the highest they have been. >>in many years and the risk of a costly. miscalculation grows day by day but the republican controlled senate rejected the measure majority leader mitch mcconnell says because tensions are rising with iran the us should be able to respond at a moment's notice. >>this terrible...
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and obviously, you know, giving our democratic friends a vote on the udall amendment. rather bizarre situation. democratic leader found himself in. most of his conference wanted to vote on it today. but, as you know, there are intervening events last night and tonight that created the scheduling problem for them. so, i decided i'd accommodate that. not wildly enthusiastically greeted on my side. but we'll be voting for a period of time starting at some indeterminant moment in the morning. i know you all are anxious to find out when it starts. and when it ends. and i can't tell you with specificity right now but we're trying to accommodate them. the main part on the udall amendment is none of our democratic friends would be supporting this if it were a democratic president. this clearly restricts administration's of both -- administrations of both parties who we've seen take measured responses to iranian acts of terror over the years, going back to 1979. when they captured our embassy people and kept them for over a year. so this is clearly within the bounds of measured
and obviously, you know, giving our democratic friends a vote on the udall amendment. rather bizarre situation. democratic leader found himself in. most of his conference wanted to vote on it today. but, as you know, there are intervening events last night and tonight that created the scheduling problem for them. so, i decided i'd accommodate that. not wildly enthusiastically greeted on my side. but we'll be voting for a period of time starting at some indeterminant moment in the morning. i...
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we are glad you are here and i want to call in today's ranking member senator udall for any comments you would like to make. >> thank you very much. thank you for those nice words and introduction. great to be with you, your great friend and we really enjoyed looking at the display. i am very pleased to be here this morning to discuss the smithsonian institution and its programs and to welcome the new secretary lonnie bunche before the committee for the first time since his appointment. i'm also proud to oversee the institution as both a member of the rules committee and is the ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee. in both worlds of work to make sure congress is an active partner with the smithsonian institution and provides the resources to meet its obligation for specific educational scientific and artistic life of this nation and i say i'm here sometimes on weekends and my wife and i go to many of your museums and it's a marvelous display about so many important issues in american life and around the world. i am proud that the senate subcommittee has worked in advance
we are glad you are here and i want to call in today's ranking member senator udall for any comments you would like to make. >> thank you very much. thank you for those nice words and introduction. great to be with you, your great friend and we really enjoyed looking at the display. i am very pleased to be here this morning to discuss the smithsonian institution and its programs and to welcome the new secretary lonnie bunche before the committee for the first time since his appointment....
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back to the chairman. >> thank you, senator udall. thank you, administrator wheeler, for being with us today. the record will stay open for one week for additional questions, and your responses. this committee is adjourned. >> thank you. >>> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, a discussion of efforts to obtain president trump's tax returns with university of virginia law school professor of law and taxation george yin. then michigan republican congressman paul mitchell and illinois democratic congressman raja chris na morethy discuss their college transparency act. and we talk about staffing trends in congressional meetings with casey bergett. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >>> in his first appearance since the completion of the mueller investigation, attorney general william barr will appear before congress. watch his testimony before the house appropriations subcommittee live tuesday at 9
back to the chairman. >> thank you, senator udall. thank you, administrator wheeler, for being with us today. the record will stay open for one week for additional questions, and your responses. this committee is adjourned. >> thank you. >>> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, a discussion of efforts to obtain president trump's tax returns with university of virginia law school professor of law and...
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senator rubio: senator udall. senator udall: thank you, mr. chairman, and the ranking member, for these hearings and thank you to the witnesses for being here. there is no doubt that the maduro regime has caused widespread misery and suffering in venezuela and his followers are laying the country down the path to more violence and repression of the venezuelan people. the united states should work with its partners in the region to restore democratic order and to reduce the threat of increased violence in venezuela and throughout the region. however, i'm mindful of the long history of u.s. interventions in the region. and that history is part of the historical memory of latin america as well. u.s. sanctions have given maduro and chavez before him an easy scapegoat for their own failures. they blame their people's suffering on, quote, yankees. now, the president of the united states, some members of congress and others are issuing threats of u.s. military intervention and regime change by force. a council foreign relations expert on latin americ
senator rubio: senator udall. senator udall: thank you, mr. chairman, and the ranking member, for these hearings and thank you to the witnesses for being here. there is no doubt that the maduro regime has caused widespread misery and suffering in venezuela and his followers are laying the country down the path to more violence and repression of the venezuelan people. the united states should work with its partners in the region to restore democratic order and to reduce the threat of increased...
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i think it's important, certainly important for me, but in working with senator udall over this year, it has been a great partnership, a strong partnership when it comes to trying to meet the needs of those within indian country, to fund the critical services, and with this bill i think we're making good measure to do this. the two primary agencies that deliver service for the indian community are the bureau of indian affairs and the indian house service. together they receive $288 million over the 2019 levels, but we maintain all critical funding with some increases for indian country. for the bureau of indian affairs, the b.i.a., we maintain the substantial increases we provided over the last two fiscal year. we're helping on matters such as construction, operation, and maintenance of indian schools. we know, unfortunately, that -- that our -- our schools in so many of the reservationings in the lower 48 are simply -- reservations in the lower 48 are simply inadequate. the education scores we're seeing from our schools are not where we need to be. so making sure we're doing right by
i think it's important, certainly important for me, but in working with senator udall over this year, it has been a great partnership, a strong partnership when it comes to trying to meet the needs of those within indian country, to fund the critical services, and with this bill i think we're making good measure to do this. the two primary agencies that deliver service for the indian community are the bureau of indian affairs and the indian house service. together they receive $288 million over...
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i want to start with something that senator udall raised which is the proposal to cut both the state fire assistance and the volunteer fire assistance. what i don't understand is you have the state and local agencies that are literally the first responders. as i understand it 78 percent of the time in 2018 whether on state or federal land those agencies that are there first these two programs trained over 119,000 firefighters last year alone providing 17 million in funding for local departments both significantly reduced overall federal fire suppression cost with these departments to attack the wildfires when they are small. i am with the senator on this i don't get why you would undercut this funding at the state and local levels? it seems to me this gives you extraordinary leverage with just a little bit of funding. what is the rationale behind that quick. >> we are aware of the leverage of the volunteer's fire assistance as a former forster in two different states, it is a partnership. it is a system that we have no one organization can do it alone. we leverage our strengths and o
i want to start with something that senator udall raised which is the proposal to cut both the state fire assistance and the volunteer fire assistance. what i don't understand is you have the state and local agencies that are literally the first responders. as i understand it 78 percent of the time in 2018 whether on state or federal land those agencies that are there first these two programs trained over 119,000 firefighters last year alone providing 17 million in funding for local departments...
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udall: yes, i have. sen. thune: senator udall. sen. udall: thank you, chairman thune. local media means we need local media in our communities reporting on local events and stories of local interest, not prepackaged stories that do not reflect the community. now, i understand the claims of the number of hours of news are increasing, but more is not always better. one data point is on may 6 of this year, the united nations charter chartered panel of scientists released a report that one million animal and plant species are threatened with exchange and because of destruction human activity, including climate change, and on archie wasay, baby born to prince harry and duchess of sussex. guess which story got more airtime on the three major broadcast stations'nightly news? probably -- overwhelmingly, senator smith. the three stations spent nearly eight minutes over the next week on baby archie, and the only on the, pbs, spent 1:21 u.n. report. that is, i think, a really sad our priorities. this is an interesting graph, and here we are talking a whole year, this is one week
udall: yes, i have. sen. thune: senator udall. sen. udall: thank you, chairman thune. local media means we need local media in our communities reporting on local events and stories of local interest, not prepackaged stories that do not reflect the community. now, i understand the claims of the number of hours of news are increasing, but more is not always better. one data point is on may 6 of this year, the united nations charter chartered panel of scientists released a report that one million...
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you ery sanctions that testified to us that are economy.g their and so let me ask senator udall's question a different way. spoken to rudy giuliani bout u.s. sanctions policy towards his client, zarrab? this meeting was a couple of years ago. i was in listening mode, as i said, judge mukasey asked for the meeting, and listened to what they had to say. there was no action taken. >> but you did have a meeting giuliani, specific to his representation of a client who was seeking to get out of u.s. sanctions? i had a meeting with judge mukasey who was the lead and mukasey raised a counselor and there was no action taken. >> there is a report from three meeting miliar with a between president trump and secretary tillerson, who you time, orking for at the perhaps his closest adviser, in which president trump asked for tillerson's help to against rop the case zarrab. are you familiar with this meeting or the request that was made? familiar with the meeting. chairman, i think it's important to set the broader record straight here with of the things that mr. hook has said about our vis-a-vis iran an
you ery sanctions that testified to us that are economy.g their and so let me ask senator udall's question a different way. spoken to rudy giuliani bout u.s. sanctions policy towards his client, zarrab? this meeting was a couple of years ago. i was in listening mode, as i said, judge mukasey asked for the meeting, and listened to what they had to say. there was no action taken. >> but you did have a meeting giuliani, specific to his representation of a client who was seeking to get out of...
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prior to law school, she worked for new mexico's senator tom udall. the congresswoman is not the only member of her family in politics. her family is a member of new mexico's state house of representatives. arizona also has two new members, both democrats. representative greg stanton served as phoenix mayor before taking his seat in congress. congresswoman ann kirkpatrick joined the u.s. house of representatives for the third time and her fourth term this year. she lost her first reelection bid in 2010 only to be reelected to the seat in 2012. she again left the house to run against john mccain for u.s. senate in 2016. representative kirk factored was a prosecutor and city attorney earlier in her career. isgressman steve orford another former member that has returned to the house this year. he was defeated in his 2014 reelection bid. before that come he was a nevada state senator serving four years as a majority leader. he has also been an executive at a marketing firm. voters in nevada's third district elected susie lee to the house. prior to holding
prior to law school, she worked for new mexico's senator tom udall. the congresswoman is not the only member of her family in politics. her family is a member of new mexico's state house of representatives. arizona also has two new members, both democrats. representative greg stanton served as phoenix mayor before taking his seat in congress. congresswoman ann kirkpatrick joined the u.s. house of representatives for the third time and her fourth term this year. she lost her first reelection bid...
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senator udall. senator warner. senator leahy. senator king. masto. cortez chairman blunt. are 10, the nose or nine. >> the fifth plea is favorably reported. i asked and sent in preparing the on the this committee funding resolution and s resolution 54 reporting the staff to be authorized to make technical or conforming changes. without objection, the committee is adjourned. [no dialogue] announcer: there are nearly 100 new members of the u.s. house, including ayanna pressley. she debated michael cap jan oh -- michael cap leonel in the democratic primary. two previously served as a member of the boston city canceled. this is not her first experience with congress. she worked for joseph kennedy and warmer senator john kerry earlier in her career. hand istative reacher also a former congressional staffer. she served as chief of staff in the early 2000's. prior to her election, congresswoman trahan was ceo of a consulting firm. terms on serving three the new hampshire executive council, which is an elected body that advises the governor and two terms in the statehouse. apis is
senator udall. senator warner. senator leahy. senator king. masto. cortez chairman blunt. are 10, the nose or nine. >> the fifth plea is favorably reported. i asked and sent in preparing the on the this committee funding resolution and s resolution 54 reporting the staff to be authorized to make technical or conforming changes. without objection, the committee is adjourned. [no dialogue] announcer: there are nearly 100 new members of the u.s. house, including ayanna pressley. she debated...
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if you go back to udall, secretary udall, he had all his staff in in two weeks and the staff is the director of fish and wildlife, director of park service. when i left after two years in, the department of interior did not have a director of the parks service. it did not have a director of the fish and wildlife service. it did not have a director of bom. it did not have a director of-- why? because the democrats don't want this president to succeed even about if success hurts this country. they are willing to make sure that the forests burn down. they're willing to pollute our oceans. they are willing to do anything for power. i once thought, you know what? we could work with people, that red, white and blue, but d.c. has become so caustic, so one-lane that it's going to take a republican wave to fix it. and that wave, again, begins here in dallas. [applaus [applause] >> so, building off of that and what happens in dallas, you and i, mr. pruitt, had a great discussion about your challenges and you seemed to think that, and i might agree, the media can be as big a challenge as the deep state
if you go back to udall, secretary udall, he had all his staff in in two weeks and the staff is the director of fish and wildlife, director of park service. when i left after two years in, the department of interior did not have a director of the parks service. it did not have a director of the fish and wildlife service. it did not have a director of bom. it did not have a director of-- why? because the democrats don't want this president to succeed even about if success hurts this country....
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udall: madam president, thank you for the recognition. madam president, we are at a crucial point in our democracy, a big decision to be made. tomorrow we can correct this unconstitutional violation by the president of the united states. taking military money, military readiness money, national security money and moving it over for a border wall. canceling these 127 projects, it's not just a one-off. lets all remember that. we all know the president fully intends to keep at it. it's already -- it's already been reported if the president doesn't get the $5 billion he's requested for his wall in 2020, the next budget year, the administration plans to take another $3.# billion -- $3.6 billion from the pentagon's construction budget. this president won't stop raiding funds we have appropriated unless we stop him and terminate his sham emergency declaration. the careful planning for the 127 canceled projects contrast sharply with the administration's haphazard rush to build the president's wall. the president wants 500 miles of wall before the
udall: madam president, thank you for the recognition. madam president, we are at a crucial point in our democracy, a big decision to be made. tomorrow we can correct this unconstitutional violation by the president of the united states. taking military money, military readiness money, national security money and moving it over for a border wall. canceling these 127 projects, it's not just a one-off. lets all remember that. we all know the president fully intends to keep at it. it's already --...
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the udall amendment preserves absolutely our military's ability to act in self-defense. and it would make perfectly clear that if president trump wants to send our nation to war, he would need congress to authorize it first, as stipulated by our constitution. there is no greater power that the founding fathers gave to congress than the ability to go to war. they were worried about an executive who might be overreaching, who might be erratic, who might be inconsistent, and we have never had an executive who fits those categories more than this present president. and they wanted congress to be a check. if the president had to explain why he wishes to go to war, he might be more consistent and certainly less opaque. and so we should have this amendment on the merits -- on the merits, but we also should have it because this is how the senate should work. leader mcconnell said that he would have an open amendment process. here's what he said. quote, we'll be turning to the ndaa shortly, and that's one of the most important bills we do every year. it will be open for amendment
the udall amendment preserves absolutely our military's ability to act in self-defense. and it would make perfectly clear that if president trump wants to send our nation to war, he would need congress to authorize it first, as stipulated by our constitution. there is no greater power that the founding fathers gave to congress than the ability to go to war. they were worried about an executive who might be overreaching, who might be erratic, who might be inconsistent, and we have never had an...
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and so let me ask -- let me ask senator udall's question a different way. have you spoken to rudy giuliani about u.s. sanctions policy towards his client, reza zchlts arrab? >> this meeting was a couple of years ago. i was in listening mode. as i said, judge mukasey asked for the meeting. and listened to what they had to say. there was no action taken. >> but you did have a meeting with rudy giuliani specific to his representation of a client who is seeking to get out of u.s. sanctions? >> i had a meeting with judge mukasey, who was the lead and judge mukasey raised a consular issue with me and no action taken. >> there are three people familiar of a meeting between president trump and secretary tillerson, who were working for at the time, perhaps his closest adviser, in which president trump asked for secretary tillerson's help to work to drop the case against zarrab. are you familiar with this meeting or the request that was made? >> i was not familiar with the meeting. >> mr. chairman, i think it's important to set the broader record straight here with r
and so let me ask -- let me ask senator udall's question a different way. have you spoken to rudy giuliani about u.s. sanctions policy towards his client, reza zchlts arrab? >> this meeting was a couple of years ago. i was in listening mode. as i said, judge mukasey asked for the meeting. and listened to what they had to say. there was no action taken. >> but you did have a meeting with rudy giuliani specific to his representation of a client who is seeking to get out of u.s....
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senator capitow. >> senator udall? >> thank you for the recognition, mr. chairman. secretary bunch is the vice chairman on indiana, fairs and i strongly support the tribe's inherent right to exercise self-government which includes the ability to protect and maintain tribal cultural p patrimony such as recordings and many museums and universities including the smithsonian currently hold these recordings in their collections. under current law it's basketball that those culturally sensitive recordings could be released to the public domain which is a major concern for tribes across the country. last week, i brought this issue up with the library of congress in a hearing before this committee and was told that the library was working on the smithsonian on tribal engagement. i can get your commitment to working with the library of congress and to engaging with tribes on this important issue? >> not only are we -- will we work with the library of congress, but we've done a lot of work in this particular area. one of the things we've done at the center for folk life and c
senator capitow. >> senator udall? >> thank you for the recognition, mr. chairman. secretary bunch is the vice chairman on indiana, fairs and i strongly support the tribe's inherent right to exercise self-government which includes the ability to protect and maintain tribal cultural p patrimony such as recordings and many museums and universities including the smithsonian currently hold these recordings in their collections. under current law it's basketball that those culturally...
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udall: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to oppose this rush to confirm david bernhardt to serve as the 53rd secretary of interior. the secretary of interior is the chief steward of nearly 500 million acres of public lands, and 1.7 billion acres of the outer continental shelf. the interior secretary is charged with managing the public's natural resources and protecting our nation's most iconic spaces for now and for generations to come. and the secretary has the duty of making sure that our trust and treaty responsibilities to american indians and alaska natives are met. it is essential to have the right individual serving in this position, someone who has a record of honoring these critical responsibilities, someone who will approach these solemn duties with only the interest of the american people at the top of his or her agenda. after considering the whole of mr. bernhardt's record, especially the open questions about his actions that have benefited his former clients, i cannot vote to confirm this nominee. h
udall: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to oppose this rush to confirm david bernhardt to serve as the 53rd secretary of interior. the secretary of interior is the chief steward of nearly 500 million acres of public lands, and 1.7 billion acres of the outer continental shelf. the interior secretary is charged with managing the public's natural resources and protecting our nation's most iconic spaces for now and for generations to come. and the secretary has the duty of making sure that...
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my appreciation for senator udall. thank you so much for your leadership on the senator brown, heidrick and bennett. this just to be, thank you very much for your leadership in colorado. thank you for being here today. just for the record, the ski train has been an incredible success. you cannot fly into denver international airport, you can hop on the train to union station, hop on the train from there up to winter park and you can ski off the train down the slope. you don't even have to go up the slope because you're already on it. so, it is still snowing in colorado. so, you can still come out and enjoy it. anyway, thank you very much for the opportunity to hear from all of you. and, you talked about the lessons learned in terms of amtrak, colorado and how we can work together to succeed in the future passenger rail interstate. could you talk about once again, the importance of, just quickly, maintaining a national transportation network so it's not just the northeast corridor amtrak? >> it's terribly important to t
my appreciation for senator udall. thank you so much for your leadership on the senator brown, heidrick and bennett. this just to be, thank you very much for your leadership in colorado. thank you for being here today. just for the record, the ski train has been an incredible success. you cannot fly into denver international airport, you can hop on the train to union station, hop on the train from there up to winter park and you can ski off the train down the slope. you don't even have to go up...
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i want to add to that comment my appreciation for senator udall. thank you very much for your leadership on this. and work on the southwest chief. thank you very much for your leadership in colorado and for being here today and for the record, i mean, the key train -- ski train is an international success, you can hop on the train from the airport, from the station, and you don't have to go up the schrepp because yobecause-- don't have to go up the slope because you're already on it and it's still snowing in colorado. and thank you for the opportunity to hear from all of you. you talked about the lessons learned in terms of colorado and how we can succeed the passenger rail in our state. can you talk about once again the importance of quickly maintaining a national transportation network so it's not just a northeast corridor amtrak? >> well, it's terribly important to the three states that the southwest chief runs through, but the states that the empire builder runs through and the zephyr runs through intas well. this uncertainty is whether or not
i want to add to that comment my appreciation for senator udall. thank you very much for your leadership on this. and work on the southwest chief. thank you very much for your leadership in colorado and for being here today and for the record, i mean, the key train -- ski train is an international success, you can hop on the train from the airport, from the station, and you don't have to go up the schrepp because yobecause-- don't have to go up the slope because you're already on it and it's...
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joinings now is senator udall of new mexico. he has a key role on the appropriations committee in oversees things like the national parks and the department of the interior. appreciate the time. >> thank you. thank you, rachel. great to be with you this evening. >> so, the president talked about having military equipment, for example, be part of his inaugural parade. last year, he wanted the big extravaganza involving military equipment and lots of troops for the fourth of july or veterans day of memorial day. but when he was told it came with a price tag of over $90 million, he backed off. this year, i'm struck by the fact that as he is getting this thing he's asked for for so long, we've seen no estimates at all of how much it will cost. has your committee been able to get any clear view how many taxpayer dollars this will entail? >> we haven't at all. and actually what has happened here, the top democrat on the appropriations committee, senator leahy, myself, the top democrat on the interior subcommittee of appropriations, se
joinings now is senator udall of new mexico. he has a key role on the appropriations committee in oversees things like the national parks and the department of the interior. appreciate the time. >> thank you. thank you, rachel. great to be with you this evening. >> so, the president talked about having military equipment, for example, be part of his inaugural parade. last year, he wanted the big extravaganza involving military equipment and lots of troops for the fourth of july or...
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udall: thank you, mr. chairman. palmer ambassador -- >> ambassador jeffrey, do you believe the civil war in syria basharemated and al-assad will continue to be in charge of the syrian government? mr. jeffrey: it is stalemated cost. extraordinary human half the population has fled. they are getting no money. it is basically a pile of rubble. i think it is open to question whether assad personally will lead the country indefinitely. sen. paul: i would disagree. i think he will stay barring something extraordinary happening. one of the things that will happen from this that i don't know if anybody could have predicted, one of the reasons why we haven't had a peace agreement is our position through the human agreement, fair elections, and a sawed doesn't win fair elections. one of our goals has been regime change. if you take the u.n. resolution to be fair and elections which aren't going to happen, the thing is, we have now disrupted things as we have -- and as we have disrupted things, the kurds are fighting alongside
udall: thank you, mr. chairman. palmer ambassador -- >> ambassador jeffrey, do you believe the civil war in syria basharemated and al-assad will continue to be in charge of the syrian government? mr. jeffrey: it is stalemated cost. extraordinary human half the population has fled. they are getting no money. it is basically a pile of rubble. i think it is open to question whether assad personally will lead the country indefinitely. sen. paul: i would disagree. i think he will stay barring...
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udall: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent for the finance committee to be discharged from further consideration of s. 949, the senate proceed to its immediate consideration, that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. blunt: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: reserving the right to object, i'd like to talk about this bill for a minute. in march the house passed a bill that would give the federal government unprecedented control over elections in this country, despite the fact that for more than 200 years we've had a history of state-run elections and that very diversity is part of the strength of our system. i objected to the request at that time to pass that bill. senate bill 949 appears to me to be almost exactly the same bill. apparently the powerful special interests that my friend, mr.
udall: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent for the finance committee to be discharged from further consideration of s. 949, the senate proceed to its immediate consideration, that the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. blunt: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt:...
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>> i'm good. >> senator udall? >> thank you for the recognition. i strongly support the tribes inherent right to exercise self government, which includes their ability to protect and maintain tribal, cultural patrimony, such a ceremonial and event recordings. many museums currently hold these recordings and their collections. under current law, it's possible that those culturally sensitive subjects will be released to the public domain. i brought this up with the librarian of congress, and was told that the library is working with the smithsonian on tribal engagement. can i get your commitment to working with the library of congress and to engaging with thrives on this issue? >> we've done a lot of work on this area. one of the things that we've done is created what we called a shared stewardship policy, which allows us to look at the native holdings that we have, to make sure that native communities shape our collections policies, shape our, to make sure that we are not letting sacred music or issues that should not be in the public domain, so we
>> i'm good. >> senator udall? >> thank you for the recognition. i strongly support the tribes inherent right to exercise self government, which includes their ability to protect and maintain tribal, cultural patrimony, such a ceremonial and event recordings. many museums currently hold these recordings and their collections. under current law, it's possible that those culturally sensitive subjects will be released to the public domain. i brought this up with the librarian of...